The Giving Back Fund has released their “Giving Back 30″ list for 2008 — and knocking Oprah out of the top spot for the first time ever was none other than Paul Newman.
The legendary actor, who passed away in September 2008, bequeathed over $20 million to a variety of charities focused on education, the environment, [...]
The trailer for Mel Gibson’s new eco-themed thriller has been released — and it looks to be a dark return for the actor to the silver screen. Titled Edge of Darkness, the flick is based on a popular ’80s BBC mini-series of the same name. The film revolves around Gibson, who plays a detective, and [...]
This one has been well-covered all around the interwebs, but we wanted to throw a personal shout-out to Salma Hayek for her charity in providing food for a needy child. While on a charity mission in Sierra Leone, the actress came across a fellow mother unable to provide milk for her malnourished five-month-old son, so [...]
We all know Mel Gibson is a movie star, but the guy’s stage presence is pretty crappy when it comes to speeches. Even a teleprompter can’t save him from reading his way through this award presentation during Global Green’s 2008 Sustainable Design Awards. The 53-year-old actor was on hand to give the 2008 Product Industrial [...]
On Wednesday night Ecorazzi had the honor of attending Global Green’s Sustainable Design Awards here in lusty, dusty NYC! Established in 1999, the Sustainable Design Awards recognizes specific advancements in industry, building, media, organizations, and public policy.
About the event, Global Green says, “ Whether they are helping to protect our air and water, eliminating weapons [...]
Bruce Willis is suing mad over a Malaysian company’s failure to return $900,000 of the money he invested in an eco-friendly rubber venture. Willis had poured $2 million into a company that was developing a non-toxic and recyclable rubber, and the project was put on hold recently due to the weak global economy.
According to court [...]
A couple months ago Ecorazzi told you that Mel Gibson was coming out of hiding to play a detective in the new eco-thriller Edge Of Darkness — a film based on the 1985 BBC mini-series of the same name. Edge Of Darkness revolves around the death of a detective’s activist daughter, government and corporate cover-ups, nuclear [...]
I kind of thought Mel Gibsonwas lost in a rain-forest having not read his name in a long time, but little did I know he’s flying around the world (geez…hope he’s at least buying carbon credits) speaking out to support the Mirador Basin Project in Guatemala. This is the last bit of virgin rain-forest in Central America [...]
Man, what’s happening with the big stores lately? They’re doing a pretty decent job with bringing on some major designers. The latest drop is that Anya Hindmarch will be creating some bags for Target. While Anya’s no Stella when it comes to sustainable or animal-free creations — she has been known to rock the green [...]
Adding to the growing list of environmental movies spelling doom and gloom for the planet, John Cusack has signed on to star in director Roland Emmerich’s 2012. For those already familiar with this date, the plot probably can be deduced, but for the rest of us, here’s the idea.
Basically, the Mayan calendar reaches the end [...]
